“If I had known it was harmless I would have killed it myself.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.”
― Speaker for the Dead
― Speaker for the Dead
“We're going to meet a lot of lonely people in the next week and the next month and the next year. And when they ask us what we're doing, you can say, We're remembering. That's where we'll win out in the long run. And someday we'll remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddamn steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in it and cover it up.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.”
― Angela’s Ashes
― Angela’s Ashes
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
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